Scevinus grew pale, and for a moment each looked into the eyes of the other.
"Thou wilt not repeat!"
"By the hips of Kypris, I will not! How well thou knowest me! No; I will not repeat. I have heard nothing, and, moreover, I wish to hear nothing. Dost understand? Life is too short to make any undertaking worth the while. I beg thee only to visit Tigellinus today, and talk with him as long as thou hast with me of whatever may please thee."